98 shows
and events will take place over 30 hours from Friday night, September 19
through Sunday night, September 21.

Drummer
Eric Harland serves as the 2014 Artist-In-Residence, performing with the
Charles Lloyd Quartet, his own group, Voyager; Sangam with Zakir Hussain and
Charles Lloyd; and as a soloist with the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra.

Charles Lloyd

Legendary
saxophonist Charles Lloyd returns to Monterey for the first time since 2006 as
the 2014 Showcase Artist, performing with his own Quartet (with Jason Moran,
Rueben Rogers and Eric Harland); Sangam with Zakir Hussain and Eric Harland,
and in a duo with pianist Gerald Clayton.

The 2014 Commission Artist will be pianist Aaron Diehl, who will premiere his tribute to the pianist and MJF Artistic Director for 24 years, John Lewis, Three Streams of Expression.

The
Festival features 500 artists, nearly 100 performances and events on 8 stages
and more, for 30 hours of live music over two days and three nights,
accompanied by an array of international cuisine, shopping, art exhibits,
educational events, seminars and conversations with iconic and emerging jazz
artists on the oak-studded 20-acres of the Monterey County Fairgrounds &
Event Center.

•World
Premiere of 2014 Commission by the Aaron Diehl Quartet, Three Streams of
Expression and special performance of Billy Childs’ new project, Map to the
Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro, with special guests Shawn Colvin, Lisa
Fischer, and Becca Stevens